"More than 2,000 extremely abusive social media posts - including death and rape threats - were sent about managers and players in the Premier League and Women's Super League in a single weekend, a BBC investigation has found. The analysis - conducted with data science company Signify - focused on posts made during 10 Premier League and six WSL matches on the weekend of 8 and 9 November, and also found messages including racist slurs, homophobia and threats of violence."
"Signify operates an artificial intelligence system called Threat Matrix, which scans posts made on social media for abuse. During the weekend of matches selected for the study, it analysed more than 500,000 posts on X, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, and identified 22,389 potentially abusive messages. But those flags can sometimes include examples which aren't abusive. For example, references to Newcastle defender Dan Burn can be flagged as a threat because of his surname."
More than 2,000 extremely abusive social media posts, including death and rape threats, targeted managers and players across Premier League and Women's Super League matches during the weekend of 8–9 November. Data science company Signify used its Threat Matrix AI to analyse over 500,000 posts on X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, flagging 22,389 potentially abusive messages. Human reviewers verified 2,015 posts as extreme abuse meeting thresholds for threats to life or hate speech. Managers were targeted more than players, with 82% of abusive posts on X. Premier League bosses Ruben Amorim, Arne Slot and Eddie Howe were frequent targets, Chelsea and manager Sonia Bompastor faced half of WSL abuse, 61% of abusive messages originated from the UK and Republic of Ireland, and the overall volume appears to be increasing.
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